In the final hours of his presidency, Joe Biden stooped ever lower, issuing a slew of preemptive pardons for family members and his party’s allies in the swamp, including Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Biden issued preemptive pardons for Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, and Liz Cheney on Monday morning, claiming they would be “targets of unjustified and politically motivated prosecutions.” And just moments before Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president, Biden pardoned his brothers Frank and James, James’ wife, Sara Biden, his sister Valerie Owens, and her husband, John Owens. (RELATED: Biden Uses Final Hours Of Presidency To Let Fauci, Others Off The Hook)
Our nation relies on dedicated, selfless public servants every day. They are the lifeblood of our democracy.
Yet alarmingly, public servants have been subjected to ongoing threats and intimidation for faithfully discharging their duties.
In certain cases, some have even been…
— President Biden (@POTUS46Archive) January 20, 2025
“I believe in the rule of law, and I am optimistic that the strength of our legal institutions will ultimately prevail over politics,” Biden said of his pardons for Fauci, Milley, and Cheney. “But these are exceptional circumstances, and I cannot in good conscience do nothing. Baseless and politically motivated investigations wreak havoc on the lives, safety, and financial security of targeted individuals and their families.”
Although Biden claims that these “exceptional circumstances” allow him to abuse the presidential pardon, his fellow Democrat, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, once lambasted the idea of preemptive pardons — when Trump was considering them, of course.
At the end of Trump’s first term, the president reportedly floated preemptive pardons for friends and family members, including lawyer Rudy Guiliani. Schumer said his preemptive pardons “would be a gross abuse of the presidential pardon authority” during a speech on the Senate floor in December 2020.
December, 2020. Jake Tapper asks President-elect Biden about the rumor that Trump may issue some preemptive pardons before leaving office.
Biden: You’re not going to see me do that. 🤣 pic.twitter.com/YNyS0Qk9yY
— MAZE (@mazemoore) January 20, 2025
With Monday’s actions, Biden also broke a promise he made in 2020 when Trump was reportedly considering preemptive pardons.
“It concerns me in terms of … how the rest of the world looks at us as a nation of laws and justice,” Biden told CNN’s Jake Tapper in December of 2020. “You’re not going to see in our administration that kind of approach to pardons.”
This article was originally published at dailycaller.com
